Women are disappearing on the highway, a drifter hunts the men who raped her, and a journalist discovers law has broken down in the area.

On a remote highway in Arizona women are disappearing at truck stops. Journalist Johnny Sullivan travels to the area to investigate. He encounters hitchhiker Patty, who is being hunted by violent trucker Red. Patty tells Johnny of the local myth of the maniac trucker. Johnny also meets Valentino de La Cruz, a mysterious Mexican who is looking for his missing sister. Valentino is having an affair with Natasha, the wife of recently murdered businessman, Theodore Mills, whose wealth funds the corrupt police force in the area. The local Highway Patrol is run by sexually sadistic Sam Roche and Franklin Norman and they want to put an end to Johnny’s snooping. Marshall Simmons knows a lot about the goings on in the area, and has a young woman captive in a house. He is reprogramming her identity. Meanwhile Johnny discovers that years previously serial killer Donald Lake disappeared in the area while in transit between prisons. And it seems he had police help. But what is being done to the women? And who is running the criminal organisation that controls the area? Savage Highways is about lawlessness and the hunt for justice in a no man’s land. Pedal to the floor all the way, the narrative speeds towards its stunning and unforeseeable conclusion.

"The road novel from hell ... a surrealist inferno that makes Dante's version look like a Rotary breakfast."--Castle Freeman Jr., author of THE DEVIL IN THE VALLEY

"One of those irresistible hard-boiled reads that’s reminiscent of old school black and white noir. ... A riveting story, this is classic Godwin."--Vincent Zandri, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of Orchard Grove.

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"The road novel from hell, a scarifying, terrifying tour of a nether world that Godwin convinces us is right beneath our feet, a surrealist inferno that makes Dante's version look like a Rotary breakfast. By no means for the fainthearted, SAVAGE HIGHWAY has one lesson for any readers who plan a visit to the American Southwest: take the train."-Castle Freeman Jr., author of THE DEVIL IN THE VALLEY "I find Richard Godwin to be an exceptional writer with an extraordinarily fine mind. He conducted over two weeks the single best interview I've ever been involved with. His novels are always good with crackling dialogue. His latest, Wrong Crowd, is dazzling. Read him."-Luke Rhinehart, author of bestselling The Dice Man (The novel that inspired Sir Richard Branson to found the Virgin Empire.) "Richard Godwin's Savage Highway is one of those irresistible hard-boiled reads that's reminiscent of old school black and white noir. From the very start you know this is going to be one hell of a car wreck, yet you can't resist going along for the ride and loving every minute of it. A riveting story, this is classic Godwin." -Vincent Zandri, New York Times andUSA Today Bestselling Author of Orchard Grove and When Shadows Come

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Women are disappearing on the highway, a drifter hunts the men who raped her, and a journalist discovers law has broken down in the area.

On a remote highway in Arizona women are disappearing at truck stops. Journalist Johnny Sullivan travels to the area to investigate. He encounters hitchhiker Patty, who is being hunted by violent trucker Red. Patty tells Johnny of the local myth of the maniac trucker. Johnny also meets Valentino de La Cruz, a mysterious Mexican who is looking for his missing sister. Valentino is having an affair with Natasha, the wife of recently murdered businessman, Theodore Mills, whose wealth funds the corrupt police force in the area. The local Highway Patrol is run by sexually sadistic Sam Roche and Franklin Norman and they want to put an end to Johnny’s snooping. Marshall Simmons knows a lot about the goings on in the area, and has a young woman captive in a house. He is reprogramming her identity. Meanwhile Johnny discovers that years previously serial killer Donald Lake disappeared in the area while in transit between prisons. And it seems he had police help. But what is being done to the women? And who is running the criminal organisation that controls the area? Savage Highways is about lawlessness and the hunt for justice in a no man’s land. Pedal to the floor all the way, the narrative speeds towards its stunning and unforeseeable conclusion.

"The road novel from hell ... a surrealist inferno that makes Dante's version look like a Rotary breakfast."--Castle Freeman Jr., author of THE DEVIL IN THE VALLEY

"One of those irresistible hard-boiled reads that’s reminiscent of old school black and white noir. ... A riveting story, this is classic Godwin."--Vincent Zandri, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of Orchard Grove.

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I really enjoyed this very well written book. The story is full of twists, turns and surprises. The main "good guys" are very likeable characters. I do not usually read this type of book but I was hooked from page 1 and the book held my interest all the way through. It is a real page turner and I highly recommend it.

This author has a unique way of writing. When you start the book its like you just walked into a room in the middle of a conversation... Or turned on a movie that started 10 minutes ago.

No fore play sorta speak, no huge description of the sene or characters really.

Then as you go along all the pieces start filling in and making sense about whats really happening. Plus you start getting a feel for a environment and the characters.

By that time your hooked!

This author also has a very vivid (or I hope it is) imagination. He'll put you right into the sene and leave imagines in your mind that you'd rather not stay... A few times I wondered if the law should be watching him, lolol.

If you have a problem with violence against another human being, do not read!

But for those of you with a strong stomach, heart, like evil that only men can do and serial killer plots... This book is well worth reading!

Like a hellish Brigadoon.... a few corrupt, connected and nightmarish small towns in Arizona are able to open and close their access to the outside world.Travelers are allowed, enticed, or abducted in....and then the entry closes behind them and the towns "disappear".Those who are in the towns fall into 2 categories....killers and victims.But calling the first group killers is much too flattering.The methods they use to achieve their goal puts them into a whole new level,best described as the stuff of nightmares.

This book is brutal and disturbing, the genre is unique, I would call it a horror thriller.The sexual sadism repelled me as a reader, but at the same time I felt compelled to read onto see what happened next and who would survive.It is unclear for much of the book who is good who is bad. Spoiler alert.....if you're betting, odds favor the bad.

I am glad this is not a true story! This book had me hooked from the first paragraph. There are many graphic "scenes" that keep you in its grip if you love this genre...which I do. It's like watching a horror movie as the female protagonist puts herself in danger over and over. Eventually, the reader does understand as it all comes together.

Wonderfully written as it keeps the reader not wanting to put it down. I recommend this book to anyone who loves thriller and horror genres. Many scenes are extremely graphic, so beware.

I started reading and could not put down. This is a page turner that just makes you look behind the door. I could not put down. It is definitely not for the faint of heart but I enjoyed it and couldn't wait to turn the page but sad when it ended.

WOW! What a read! Hard to put down..wanted to keep on reading to see who would survive and who was the good guy! Scary to think about,but i am sure there are little towns like this where corruption is the norm. Kept me guessing till the end and that is the way i like it. Looking fwd to more of Richard Godwin